Vinyl Clad Cabinets

Thermofoil cabinets are made with a large vacuum press.

Vinyl clad cabinets.

Experts recommend using trisodium phosphate also referred to as tsp. If it is too cracked or damaged you may need to reface them instead. Soak a clean washcloth in this solution for 3 5 minutes and wring it out. The top is closed and then air is expelled from the chamber.

When this vinyl coating begins to peel you can either remove all of the coating and repaint or simply repair the damaged areas. These doors are easy to clean durable and will keep their color long after painted wood doors have started to fade. The vinyl can easily be removed by a blow dryer and then painted with. Vinyl wrapped cabinets with their sleek surface are more challenging to paint than wood.

Cabinet door and drawer bases are laid in the press. This video shows the first step of refinishing those ugly thermafoil or vinyl cabinets. Use this washcloth to wipe the grease from your cabinets. You also want to make sure they are clean even if there isn t any visible grime.

High pressure and an adhesive on the bottom side of the vinyl fuse the vinyl to the surface. The result is a cabinet. Vinyl is a plastic and must be treated as such so normal latex paints and primers do not work. By prepping furniture with products developed to work with plastic materials like vinyl you can.

Before repainting vinyl covered kitchen cabinets make sure the vinyl is in good condition. A full kitchen remodel is an expensive and disruptive project that usually requires the participation of costly professionals. Painting vinyl laminate cabinets in contrast is a cheap and cheerful way to rejuvenate tired kitchen cabinets. With vinyl cabinets that are in worse shape you re going to need to undertake larger repairs.

If your cabinets have accumulated a layer of grease and grime you may need to perform a deeper cleaning. Some cabinets have a plastic melamine surface coating rather than being painted or stained. Thermofoil cabinet doors look and feel very similar to finished cabinet doors. Thermofoil cabinets are made using a flexible vinyl material that is applied by heating the vinyl and molding it over medium density fiberboard mdf or engineered wood.

If you re gluing down a bigger piece of vinyl then you ll need to use boards and c clamps on top to keep the pressure on the vinyl until the glue dries. Mix together 1 cup 240 ml of white vinegar with 2 cups 480 ml of warm water.